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T. C. BARNUM.

TAG.

No. 478,185. Patented July 5, 1892..

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS C. BARNUM, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

TAG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 478,185, dated July 5,1892.

Application filed July 6, 1891. Serial No. 398,576. (No model.)

. citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the countyof Marion and State of Indiana, haveinvented a new and useful Tag, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in tags for marking trees and forother like purposes.

The object of my improvement is to provide a tag which is adapted t0 besecured to the limb of a tree or like object Without the use of strings,wires, or like attaching devices.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention.

Figure 1 represents a plan of the blank from which the tag is formedwhen cut to shape preparatory to being folded. Fig. 2 is a plan of thecomplete tag. Fig. 3 is an edge view of the same. Figs. 4, 5, and 6illustrate the manner in which the tag is applied to the limb of thetree, being, respectively, a side elevation, a top view, and an edgeview. Fig. 7 shows the tag in position on the limb of the tree. Fig. 8is a plan of the tag having an auxiliary marking-strip attached thereto.Fig. 9 is an edge View of the same. Fig. lO is a plan of the auxiliarystrip.

In the drawings, A designates an oblong strip of paper or light sheetmetal having near each end a perforation F.

B and C are like notches cut in diagonallyopposite corners of the blank,and D D are slits cut from theinner corners of the notches to theperforations F F, respectively.

The blank having been cut in the manner above described and printed isfolded upon itself lengthwise in such a manner that the holes F registerwith each other, and the notches B and C are covered on opposite sides,as shown in Fig. 2. The opposite parts, eX- cept those embraced betweenthe notches B and C, are secured together by cement or inany othersuitable manner, and the tagis then complete and ready for use. Inapplying the tag to a limb or to any other object not larger indiaineterthan the holes F one of the notches B or C is brought opposite the limb,the limb resting against the exposed surface of the op posite fold andthe overlapping parts G and I-I, which have not been fastened together,are then forced apart, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6,

and the limb passes first into the.opposite notch and then down into theopenings F. The parts G and H then close together and effectuallyprevent the accidental removal of the tag from the limb.

Inthe modification shown in Figs. 8, 9, and lO the blank is providedwith a narrow slotI at the line of folding, (indicatedin dotted lines inFig. 1,) and a T-shaped strip J is thrust through this slot, and itsarms are secured between the folds of the body of the tag, as clearlyshown.

A tag is thus formed which may be cheaply made and is quickly appliedwithout the use of strings or wires.

I claim as my inventionl. The above-described tag, consisting of anoblong strip of sheet material having near each end a perforation F,notches B and C, cut in the ends near diagonally-opposite corners, andslits D D, connecting said notches respectively with said perforations,said strip THOMAS O. BARNUM.

Witnesses:

H. P. Hoon, ABEL Hoon.

